McQueen Spring Summer 2026 Pre-Collection

The life of the party — heritage submitting to a new hedonism.  

  Reprieve from the city with a secluded escape, youth seeking stately abandon. Their irreverence entwined with refinement, wearing washed denim and narrow tailoring with cummerbund waistbands.

An evocation of ‘The Last Hurrah’ by Dafydd Jones. Simmering tensions between rebellion and romanticism. Shattered chandelier embroideries on black silk and sharp suited formality, cut close to the body. The polished metal T-Bar clashed with black tie tailoring, invoking the precision of Savile Row.

Subversion transforms tradition. Archival MacQueen tartan and gossamer florals are re-engineered, giving way to modernism in nature. Free flowing, layered and draped. The Manta bag of Spring Summer 2010 is reimagined. Supple, sharp with an adjustable geometry.

British outerwear weathers a return to the urbane. Waxed cotton country jackets, gabardine car coats and black sculpted leather — cinched and deconstructed, with a definitively McQueen silhouette. A uniform for revelry unbound from tradition.

Creative Director: Seán McGirr

Art Director: SJ Todd

Photographer: Marie Valognes

Stylist: Sarah Richardson

Casting Director: Julia Lange

Hair: Gary Gill

Make-up: Daniel Sallstrom

Nails: Ama Quashie

Production: Farago Projects

Models: Serkan Deniz, Lily McMenamy, Apolline Roco Fohrer, Tsion Teferi, Haojie Qi, Athiec Geng, Cirillo, Libby Bennett, Jum Kuochnin, Liu Qinzheng